Had his Phil

ALD OVER?

Cristiano Ronaldo is with the Portugal squad preparing for the Confederations Cup in Russia

Why doesn't Ronaldo feel 'protected'?

After Ronaldo was charged with defrauding the Spanish government of £13million — and Real Madrid publicly back their superstar.

However, privately, it was a little different.

El Confidencial claim that, as it emerged that news of Ronaldo's charge was going to break, the hierarchy contacted all the Spanish media outlets and requested them not to publish pictures of him in a Los Blancos shirt when covering the story.

The breakdown may be linked to reports in El Confidencial which claimed that, as it emerged that news of Ronaldo’s charge was going to break, Real contacted all the Spanish media outlets and requested them not to publish pictures of Ronaldo in a Los Blancos shirt when covering the story.

The Chinese Super League is another potential option open to Ronaldo — with agent Jorge Mendes revealing a unnamed club had made a sensational offer to sign him and that the superstar was happy at the Bernabeu.

He claimed: "From China they’ve offered £260m to Real Madrid and more than £87m-a-year [£1.7m-a-week] to the player.

“But money is not everything. Real Madrid is his life. Cristiano is happy at Real Madrid and it is impossible to go to China."